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| |field_fields_of_science=Gravitational Physics | | |field_fields_of_science=Gravitational Physics |
| |field_purpose_of_project=Volunteers donate their idle computer time to search for evidence from LIGO detectors of continuous gravitational wave sources from rapidly spinning non-axisymmetric neutron stars, and radio telescope data searching for radio pulsars. | | |field_project_description=Einstein@Home is a World Year of Physics 2005 and an International Year of Astronomy 2009 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations. Einstein@Home uses volounteers computer's idle time to perform physical calculations. |
| |field_research_questions="Einstein suggested that we live in a universe full of gravitational waves. He proposed that exploding stars, colliding black holes and other violent events create waves that alter space and time. We have not detected these waves yet because it requires tools sensitive enough to measure very small effects. It’s like trying to detect a change in the distance from the earth to the sun equal to the width of an atom. (Einstein@Home All Sky Search [http://web.archive.org/web/20060504233801/http://www.einsteinathome.org/about/allsky.html link]) | | |field_purpose_of_project=Search for evidence from LIGO detectors of continuous gravitational wave sources from rapidly spinning non-axisymmetric neutron stars, and radio telescope data searching for radio pulsars. |
| | |field_research_questions="Einstein suggested that we live in a universe full of gravitational waves. He proposed that exploding stars, colliding black holes and other violent events create waves that alter space and time. We have not detected these waves yet because it requires tools sensitive enough to measure very small effects. It’s like trying to detect a change in the distance from the earth to the sun equal to the width of an atom." (Einstein@Home All Sky Search [http://web.archive.org/web/20060504233801/http://www.einsteinathome.org/about/allsky.html link]) |
| | According to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, a pulsar that is not perfectly round acts as a gravitational-wave generator, stirring up ripples in the fabric of space-time. |
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| The creation of teams that volunteers can join really creates a sense of community and ethic of group work. Volunteers meet up in teams and collect credit in team (great motivator). | | The creation of teams that volunteers can join really creates a sense of community and ethic of group work. Volunteers meet up in teams and collect credit in team (great motivator). |
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| |field_title= "Einstein@Home All Sky Search" | | |field_title="Einstein@Home All Sky Search" |
| |field_link=http://web.archive.org/web/20060504233801/http://www.einsteinathome.org/about/allsky.html | | |field_link=http://web.archive.org/web/20060504233801/http://www.einsteinathome.org/about/allsky.html |
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Cs Portal > List of citizen science projects > Einstein@home - (2013/09/25)
THIS PAGE DESCRIBE A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT
Start date : 2005/02/19
- Beta start date : N/A
- End date : Still open.
⇳ Description
Einstein@Home is a World Year of Physics 2005 and an International Year of Astronomy 2009 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations. Einstein@Home uses volounteers computer's idle time to perform physical calculations.
➠ Purpose
Search for evidence from LIGO detectors of continuous gravitational wave sources from rapidly spinning non-axisymmetric neutron stars, and radio telescope data searching for radio pulsars.
? Research question
"Einstein suggested that we live in a universe full of gravitational waves. He proposed that exploding stars, [[Has research question::colliding black holes and other violent events create waves that alter space and time. We have not detected these waves yet because it requires tools sensitive enough to measure very small effects. It’s like trying to detect a change in the distance from the earth to the sun equal to the width of an atom." (Einstein@Home All Sky Search link)
According to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity]], a pulsar that is not perfectly round acts as a gravitational-wave generator, stirring up ripples in the fabric of space-time.
MAIN TEAM LOCATION
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Project team page
Leader:
Institution:
Partner institutions:
Contact:
CONTRIBUTION TYPE:
PARTICIPATION TYPOLOGY: distributed intelligence
GAMING GENRE NONE
GAMING ELEMENTS: NONE
◉ Tasks description
⤯ Interaction with objects
▣ Interface
- Data type to manipulate: none - N/A
- interface enjoyment: not cool/attractive
- Interface usability:
GUIDANCE
- Tutorial: Somewhat
- Peer to peer guidance: Somewhat
- Training sequence: Somewhat
FEEDBACK ON
- Individual performance: Somewhat
- Collective performance: ✓
- Research progress: Somewhat
❂ Feedback and guidance description
COMMUNITY TOOLS
- Communication: website, forum
- Social Network: Twitter, Facebook, other
- Member profiles:: N/A
- Member profile elements: photo
⏣ Community description
- Community size (volounteers based) 335 000
- Role:
- Interaction form:
- Has official community manager(s): maybe
- Has team work N/A
- Other: Forum : Very active, some threads with over 20,000 views and 700 posts
Social software site : Fairly active
Volunteers are driven by the fantastic results that their research creates, to date 24 pulsars have been found.
The creation of teams that volunteers can join really creates a sense of community and ethic of group work. Volunteers meet up in teams and collect credit in team (great motivator).
Other information
PROJECT
Url:http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
Start date: 2005/02/19
End date: Still open
Infrastructure: BOINC
TEAM
Official team page:
Leader:
PROJECT DEFINITION
Subject
Natural sciences > Gravitational Physics (physics)
Description
Einstein@Home is a World Year of Physics 2005 and an International Year of Astronomy 2009 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations. Einstein@Home uses volounteers computer's idle time to perform physical calculations.
Purpose.
Search for evidence from LIGO detectors of continuous gravitational wave sources from rapidly spinning non-axisymmetric neutron stars, and radio telescope data searching for radio pulsars.
Research question.
"Einstein suggested that we live in a universe full of gravitational waves. He proposed that exploding stars, colliding black holes and other violent events create waves that alter space and time. We have not detected these waves yet because it requires tools sensitive enough to measure very small effects. It’s like trying to detect a change in the distance from the earth to the sun equal to the width of an atom." (Einstein@Home All Sky Search link)
According to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, a pulsar that is not perfectly round acts as a gravitational-wave generator, stirring up ripples in the fabric of space-time.
ABOUT PARTICIPANT TASKS
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| Grey typology |
Participation typology |
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| Computing: |
YES |
Thinking: |
NO |
| Sensing: |
NO |
Gaming: |
NO |
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| Crowdsourcing |
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Distributed intelligence |
☑ |
| Participatory science |
☐ |
Extreme citizen science |
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| Science outreach |
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| Data collection |
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| Data analysis |
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| Data interpretation |
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| Gaming |
| Genre: |
Gaming elements: |
| Interface |
| Data type to manipulate: none - N/A |
interface enjoyment: not cool/attractive
Interface usability: |
Member profiles::N/A
Member profile elements: photo |
ABOUT GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK
| Guidance |
Feedback on |
| Tutorial and documentation: |
SOMEWHAT |
| Training sequence: |
SOMEWHAT |
| Peer to peer guidance: |
SOMEWHAT |
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| individual performance: |
Somewhat |
| collective performance: |
YES |
| research progress: |
YES |
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| Tools |
News & Events |
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Communication: website, forum
Social Network: Twitter, Facebook, other
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Main news site: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_index.php
Frequency of project news updates: N/A
Type of events: MeetUps, other
Frequency of events :
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| Community description |
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Community size (volounteers based): 335 000
Role:
Interaction form:
Has official community manager(s): maybe
Has team work N/A
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Other information about community: Forum : Very active, some threads with over 20,000 views and 700 posts
Social software site : Fairly active
Volunteers are driven by the fantastic results that their research creates, to date 24 pulsars have been found.
The creation of teams that volunteers can join really creates a sense of community and ethic of group work. Volunteers meet up in teams and collect credit in team (great motivator).
Community led additions:
OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION
Yes
Yes
Gravitational Physics
Natural sciences
physics
Search for evidence from LIGO detectors of continuous gravitational wave sources from rapidly spinning non-axisymmetric neutron stars, and radio telescope data searching for radio pulsars.
"Einstein suggested that we live in a universe full of gravitational waves. He proposed that exploding stars, [[Has research question::colliding black holes and other violent events create waves that alter space and time. We have not detected these waves yet because it requires tools sensitive enough to measure very small effects. It’s like trying to detect a change in the distance from the earth to the sun equal to the width of an atom." (Einstein@Home All Sky Search link)
According to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity]], a pulsar that is not perfectly round acts as a gravitational-wave generator, stirring up ripples in the fabric of space-time.
Einstein@home
distributed intelligence
none - N/A, other:
Thinking: no
Computing: yes
Sensing: no
Gaming: no
not cool/attractive
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
yes
N/A
photo
maybe
website, forum
Twitter, Facebook, other
MeetUps, other
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum index.php
335 000
N/A
Forum : Very active, some threads with over 20,000 views and 700 posts
Social software site : Fairly active
Volunteers are driven by the fantastic results that their research creates, to date 24 pulsars have been found.
The creation of teams that volunteers can join really creates a sense of community and ethic of group work. Volunteers meet up in teams and collect credit in team (great motivator).
N/A
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